Best PlacesCoal Run Village, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coal Run Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coal Run Village ranks 40,001st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coal Run Village
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Coal Run Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coal Run Village ranks high
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap childcare$545 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Coal Run Village ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Household income$45,647 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coal Run Village
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coal Run Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,647, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Coal Run Village's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coal Run Village
Coal Run Village runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coal Run Village.
Who works in Coal Run Village, and how
Work in Coal Run Village centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Coal Run Village
Coal Run Village has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Coal Run Village and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coal Run Village, month by month
Coal Run Village sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Coal Run Village
The nearest airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coal Run Village
Schools across Coal Run Village average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mullins Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Betsy Layne Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Pikeville High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Pike County Central High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Betsy Layne High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coal Run Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coal Run Village measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Coal Run Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coal Run Village
Is Coal Run Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coal Run Village ranks 40,001st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and affordable childcare, and lowest on thin health care access and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coal Run Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,699. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $45,647 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Coal Run Village safe?
Yes, Coal Run Village is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
Compare Coal Run Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coal Run Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coal Run Village represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Coal Run Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coal Run Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coal Run Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coal Run Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coal Run Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coal Run Village detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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